J.R. Alford Greenway - Leon County

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DRAFT 10/4/12 Additional language regarding public participation was inserted on 2/18/13 and corrected program dates were inserted on 2/26/13 Non‐native (exotic) invasive plant species identified on the JRAG by the Leon County Division of Parks and Recreation and Agricultural Extension Service staff, include the following: Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora) Chinaberry tree (Melia azederach) Chinese privet shrub/tree (Ligustrum sinense) Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum) Coral Ardesia shrub (Ardisia crenata) Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) Japanese honeysuckle vine (Lonicera japonica) Kudzu vine (Pueraria montana) Lantana shrub (Lantana camara) Mimosa shrub (Mimosa pigra) Nandina shrub (Nandina domestica) Soda/Sodom Apple herbaceous perennial (Solanum viarum) Animals Solenopsis invicta, known in the United States as the red imported fire ant (or RIFA), is an invasive pest in many areas of the world, notably the United States, Australia, the Philippines, China, and Taiwan. The RIFA was accidentally introduced into the United States aboard a South American cargo ship that docked at the port of Mobile, Alabama, in the 1930s, but now infests the majority of the Southeastern and Southwestern United States. Fire ants have been reported on the Greenway in various locations, mostly open fields. There are no other known instances of invasive animal species habituated to the Greenway. Archaeological, Historical, and Cultural Resources There are currently no standing historical structures. According to the Florida Division of Historical Resources (DHR), the Florida Master Site File lists 14 recorded sites on or intersecting the Greenway. These sites are listed in Appendix G. A map of these sites is not provided in this management plan in order to protect them from unauthorized access. Four surveys have been conducted on the Greenway. As indicated in the DHR report, three of these surveys were conducted as part of several proposed projects located upon or affecting a portion of the Greenway, and one was a survey commissioned in 2002 by Leon County of the Greenway. There are two sites that merit interpretation. The first is the Block‐Sterns Site (LE00148), a portion of which is located in the southwestern corner of the JRAG. The property upon which this site is located was acquired by the City of Tallahassee in 1995. The Block‐Sterns site complex consists of four earthen mounds, probably used as burial mounds, and an extensive associated village area. The site was occupied from at least the Middle Archaic through Fort Walton periods (ca., 7000 B.C.‐A.D. 1600); however, it is most noted for its late Deptford through Weeden Island period occupations. Artifacts representing the late Paleoindian and Early Archaic (ca. 10,000‐7000 B.C.) and later Leon‐Jefferson and Territorial periods have also 11
DRAFT 10/4/12 Additional language regarding public participation was inserted on 2/18/13 and corrected program dates were inserted on 2/26/13 been found in the general area. The acquisition of the Block Sterns Site was funded by the Florida Communities Trust and DHR. It was the first such acquisition of land funded by the DHR. The Greenway property is an extension of the same archaeological zone. The evidence indicates that the site, because of its expanse and central location, harbors a large number of artifacts, and that it may have been the primary center for the various indigenous cultures that have occupied the shores of Lake Lafayette. The other site that merits interpretation is the Chaires Massacre Site (LE00826). This site is where a wealthy landowning and farming family built a plantation house on the Greenway. A group of Native Americans raided the house and slayed various members of the Chaires family in 1838. The house, according to B. Calvin Jones of the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research, who excavated the site, was also burned to the ground during the raid. Scenic Resources and Unique Natural Resources The Greenway was acquired primarily to prevent its development, and to protect its natural and cultural features. There are splendid views from the ridge that runs the length of the property from west to east. Unique natural features within the Greenway include a mosaic of open pasture and old fields across rolling topography, with native forest and bottomland habitat surrounding these features at the lower elevations (Map 7). No other unique natural features, such as coral reefs, natural springs, caverns, large sinkholes, virgin timber stands are known to exist on the property. Outstanding Native Landscapes Because the majority of the area of the Greenway has been in agricultural use for at least a century, and because of previous logging activities, there are virtually no unaltered flora, fauna, or geological conditions on the JRAG. 12
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